BIO

CAREER
A redshirt senior...An August 1999 transfer from the University of Alabama...Has played in 17 regular season games at UF with six starts for 481 plays and started the 2001 Sugar Bowl and 2002 Orange Bowl...Named UF's Most Outstanding Linebacker in 2000 season...84 tackles (45 solo) at UF with 15 "Big Plays" (3 pass deflections, 2 forced fumbles, 3 interceptions, 6 tackle for loss and a QB sack)...Played as a true freshman at Alabama in 1998 and was credited with 76 total tackles his sophomore season

2001 SEASON
A redshirt senior who teamed with Andra Davis to give the Gators outstanding experience at middle linebacker...Named to 2001 Butkus Award preseason Watch List...Missed all of spring drills after undergoing shoulder surgery in January...51 tackles on the season with seven "Big Plays" (four TBL, one QB sack and two INTs)...Played in all 11 regular season games with two starts (LSU, Tennessee) for 276 plays...Also started the Orange Bowl...51 tackles ranks sixth on squad and third among LBs...Two interceptions rank tied for first... Registered 7 tackles and one tackle for a loss (-3) in season opener vs. Marshall...Nine tackles (six solo) vs. Mississippi State...Recorded seven tackles and one interception vs. LSU...Recorded six tackles and returned one interception 24 yards for a touchdown vs. South Carolina...Recorded seven tackles with one TBL vs. Florida State...Made seven tackles, including one for a loss, against Maryland in the Orange Bowl

2000 SEASON
Played in six of 12 regular-season games (Kentucky, Georgia, Vanderbilt, South Carolina, Florida State and SEC Championship versus Auburn) with four starts (Vanderbilt, South Carolina, Florida State and SEC Championship versus Auburn) for 205 plays...Also started the 2001 Nokia Sugar Bowl...Named the squad's most outstanding linebacker for the season...Missed the first three games of the season due to a suspension and Mississippi State, LSU and Auburn games with a knee injury suffered vs. Kentucky...Saw action in only five total plays in first seven games of season...33 tackles (14 solo) with seven "Big Plays" (3 pass deflections, 2 forced fumbles 1 interception, 1 tackle for loss)...Saw first action as a Gator versus Kentucky, recording one solo tackle, before suffering a knee injury after only five plays...Seven total tackles (six solo) with two pass deflections and an interception at Vanderbilt in first career start at Florida...Six tackles (two solo) against South Carolina...Registered a team-high 10 total tackles (1 solo) versus Florida State...Recorded eight total tackles (three solo), two forced fumbles and a pass deflection in SEC Championship Game against Auburn.... Credited with 14 tackles (eight solo) against Miami in the Nokia Sugar Bowl...Received UF's Most Improved Inside Linebacker Award during the spring...

1999 SEASON
Transferred from Alabama and sat out the season per NCAA transfer rules...Had shoulder surgery...

1998 SEASON
A starter at middle linebacker for Alabama in eight games as a true sophomore...76 total tackles ranked second best on the Crimson Tide defense...Credited with 16 tackles for loss...Registered a career-high 14 tackles in a 16-10 Alabama loss to Florida in Tuscaloosa

1997 SEASON
As a true freshman started five of the final six games of the season at middle linebacker for Alabama...Credited with 46 total tackles on the year with nine for losses...Named to SEC All-Freshman Team
PREP
Regarded as one of the nation's premier prep linebackers while at The Bolles School in Jacksonville...A three-time first-team all-state selection (class 4A) who was rated the nation's top prep linebacker in 1996 by SuperPrep Magazine...Credited with 616 career tackles, including 247 in his senior year in 1996 with 51 coming behind the line of scrimmage

PERSONAL
Born Travis Carroll on October 26, 1978...Parents: Paul and Wendy Carroll...